By Dan Calabrese ——Bio and Archives--October 28, 2015
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But the effort collapsed in the face of opposition from gun-rights groups, such as the National Rifle Association, and Republicans in Congress who are united in the view that new gun laws would violate Americans' Second Amendment rights. Obama is now weighing executive actions to impose new background check requirements on certain gun sellers. GOP lawmakers point out gun violence continues to plague Chicago despite having some of the strictest gun laws in the country. White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Monday the Windy City is a "good illustration" of why there needs to be a uniform approach to gun control. "It’s too easy for those with bad intentions to just cross the city line or cross the county line to go and make a handgun purchase that they’re prevented from making in some other jurisdictions," he said. "Chicago ends up being a pretty good illustration for why those kinds of national laws are important to the safety of communities all across the country."So let me see if I have this straight: All those gun crimes in Chicago are being committed by people streaming in from Rosemont and Oak Brook, or from Hammond and Gary, or from Milwaukee, or perhaps all the way up from Springfield. They're bringing their legally obtained guns to Chicago and killing the law-abiding Chicagoans who wouldn't dream of illegally obtaining guns, because that's against the law.
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